Verizon launches private edge compute platform with Microsoft, as promised
Verizon is furthering its push into the private mobile networks space by making available a private mobile edge cloud computing solution to businesses.
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Automation
Orange assembles magnificent seven for fully automated network trial
French operator group Orange got some of its mates together to build what it claims is Europe’s first 5G SA fully end-to-end experimental cloud network.
Nokia tempts telcos to automate with promise of big financial reward
Nokia is really pushing telecoms operators to embrace automation, promising them huge financial rewards through cost-savings and the generation of additional revenues.
Nokia helps China Mobile with 5G RAN AI trial
Don’t count Nokia out of the Chinese RAN market just yet because it seems to be getting pretty cozy with China Mobile.
EU human rights agency says we should tread carefully with AI
The EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) has issued a report warning of confusion about the impact AI and automation can have of people’s rights.
Telecoms industry not expected to fully recover until 2023
Analyst firm Analysys Mason reckons the telecoms industry will return to modest growth from 2021, but it will take three years for the industry revenue to come back to the pre-COVID-19 level.
China leads the way as mobile network core market proves resilient
With the difficulties presented by COVID-19, the 5G roadmap might not have progressed as planned, but growth has remained steady for mobile core deployments.
Nokia raises its OSS game
In the build up to MWC 2020 Nokia has got one of its announcements in early, in the form of the ‘cloud-native’ Network Operations Master software.
Nokia gets German train automation gig
German rail company Deutsche Bahn is really keen on automation and ha picked Nokia to help it take humans out of the equation.
Facebook is reading minds while Amazon perfects text-to-speech
A Facebook-funded study has achieved a breakthrough in decoding speech directly from brain signals at the same time as AWS has made automated speech more realistic.
AT&T joins the retail robot revolution
AT&T Business has unveiled a new partnership to target the retail segment, a vertical which might look completely different in a few years’ time.
Europe unveils its own attempt to address ethical AI
Addressing the ethical implications of artificial intelligence has become very fashionable in recent months, and right on cue, the European Commission has produced seven guidelines for ethical AI.
Verizon hits reset button with 2.0 launch
Verizon has announced it is now a new business, one which is customer centric and ready for the digital world of tomorrow. Smells like a polite way of announcing a restructure.
Intel VC arm plugs its disruptive vision
Intel has seemingly learned a lesson from the woes of stumbling giants, announcing it has invested $117 million in ‘disruptive’ start-ups at its annual VC conference.
BT mulls redundancies for a quarter of staff – report
BT is considering further redundancies to increase profitability at the firm, with 25,000 jobs, a quarter of its employees, under threat.
Google weighs in with its own AI ethics ideas
Seemingly not happy to let the bureaucrats and legislators dictate the ethical landscape of artificial intelligence, Google has launched its own initiative to join the debate.
Competent robots demoralise human workers – study
Artificial intelligence and automation might well be the future (and the now in some cases) but a study from Cornwell University suggests robots could negatively impact human performance.
Telefonica and Seat get the MWC wheels turning
Telefonica is fuelling the hype as we motor towards MWC with connected car announcements alongside Spanish automotive giant Seat.
White House congratulates itself for catching AI bug
President Trump is set to sign several bills into law, each of which aims to stimulate US ambitions in future technologies and productivity.
Gartner claims people are warming to AI
The power of artificial intelligence is unquestionable, but what remains unknown is how long it will take for the technologies to be considered mainstream. Are people afraid of the power of AI?
Events
MVNOs World & IoT World Connectivity Summit
- 02-03 November 2021
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Telco AI World Summit
- 02-04 November 2021
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Open RAN World
- 03-04 November 2021
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